H.R. 42, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act, has been scored by the Congressional Budget Office. It’s cost is pretty close to zero. (One penny for a family of seven.)
As the name suggests, the bill would set up a commission to study the treatment of Latino [...]
I’ve been traveling all this week and haven’t kept up with the regular blogging I try to do here. Sorry to those of you who live for the gems that show up on this blog. (Anyone? Anyone?)
Congress is out this week, so it’s a good time to not pay attention to them and spend time [...]
If you want to see a controversial bill on which there are strong opinions on both sides, check out H.R. 6598, The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008.
The proponents of the bill (opponents of horse slaughter) feel very passionately about the cruelty to the animals that may occur during slaughter, and many feel [...]
The voting function on bills here on WashingtonWatch.com is unscientific, and that sometimes drives people around the bend. But when a popular site sends a lot of traffic with one point of view to a particular bill, the voting gets really unscientific, at least in the sense of being lopsided. That drives me [...]